Category Archives: Junk Science

Occam’s Razor works for me!

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Rick Altman

‘The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches From The Front Line’ by Dr Michael Mann, Professor of Meteorology at Pennsylvania State University, was recently published in paperback. I decided to purchase a copy. Here is my review of the … Continue reading →

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The imprudence of being earnestly Oakwood

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Rick Altman

I concluded yesterday’s post, entitled ‘The importance of being earnestly wrong’, by quoting a wonderfully circular argument from Oakwood. This was the assertion that “…you cannot show any one of these [opinions] to be inaccurate, except by appealing to ‘the … Continue reading →

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The hypocrisy of willful blindness

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Rick Altman

Activity levels in the deniosphere have been very high this week, following the publication of the usual nonsense from David Rose in the Mail on Sunday on 8 September 2013. Whilst I cannot be bothered to even try and engage … Continue reading →

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Nice website, shame about the ideological blindness

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Rick Altman

A blogger friend of mine who subscribes to NaturalNews.com sent me the a link to an article on it, entitled ‘Global warming computer models collapse; Arctic ice sheets rapidly expand as planet plunges into global cooling’ , challenging me to … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Environment, Junk Science, Pseudo science | Tagged , , , , | 20 Comments

To mark Australia’s return to the anti-science wilderness!

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Rick Altman

It looks like Australia is just about to elect the most anti-science government outside of North America: ‘Tony Abbott to win Australian election, final polls show’ (i.e. on UK’s Telegraph website). To mark this latest ‘victory’ for those duped by … Continue reading →

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How NOT to be sceptical

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Rick Altman

In the process of compiling my previous post, I was reminded of this one; and decided it warranted being re-posted in its own right… Originally posted on 7 September 2011, as How to be a climate change “sceptic”, this is … Continue reading →

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My final word on Oakwood?

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Rick Altman

Over on Learning from Dogs this week, Paul Handover has (i.e. across Monday and Tuesday) re-posted a lengthy juxtaposition of arguments for (Oakwood) rejecting and (me) accepting the reality of anthropogenic climate disruption (ACD) – along with (today) his response … Continue reading →

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The ‘threadbare hypothesis’ of climate change

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Rick Altman

This is the Gospel according to Roger Helmer MEP (and Cambridge graduate in Mathematics) – whose non-expertise in the subject leads him to conclude that the climate is not changing; and to equate people concerned about climate change with those … Continue reading →

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A letter to UKIP MEP Roger Helmer

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Rick Altman

Roger Helmer was first elected as Conservative MEP in 1999, but defected to UKIP last year. Not surprisingly, therefore, he is “sceptical” about climate science. He is, as David Suzuki has recently described it, one of many that elevate economics … Continue reading →

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Science Denial Alive and Well Among Policy Makers and Right Wing Heroes

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Rick Altman

Originally posted on Climate Denial Crock of the Week:
Delaware Newszap: GEORGETOWN – Sussex County Council members are not on the same wave length regarding the debatable issue of sea level rise. At the May 7 council meeting, Susan Love,…

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